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Name: Health Protection Agency

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Measles epidemic threat prompts jab catchup plan

The government has warned Britain could face a measles epidemic after a big drop in parents taking their children to GP surgeries to get the MMR vaccination.Health minister Dawn Primarolo said there has been a rise in the number of measles cases in children ... [Published Management in Practice - 55 mins ago]

Entities: Epidemic, Measles, Dawn Primarolo, Threat

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Schoolgirl sparks swine-flu chaos and walk-in panic

Chaos at a London NHS clinic after staff were "panicked" by a schoolgirl with suspected swine flu has been detailed by her mother in The Lancet medical journal.Central to the saga was whether patients suspected of having the virus should pick up drugs ... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Swine Flu, Chaos, Influenza, Patient

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Gonorrhoea guidance change preserves antibiotics

A change to national guidance on treating gonorrhoea appears to have paid off in terms of prolonging the usefulness of third generation cephalosporins for treating this infection ( Lancet Infectious Diseases online June 11).Gonorrhoea is the second most ... [Published PJ Online - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Gonorrhoea, cefixime, Antibiotic, Ceftriaxone, cephalosporin

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Indira Gandhi

Health Protection Agency warns of viral fever in Male’

Email This Post Print This PostBy | June 18th, 2013 | Category: News in Brief | No Comments »In light of what it claims is a rapid spread of viral fever in Male’, the Maldives Health Protection Agency (HPA) issued a warning Sunday (June 16) urging the ... [Published Minivan News - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Health Protection Agency, Male (Maldives), Dengue Fever, Indira Gandhi, Maldives

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Environment Agency

Fire at Lawrence Recycling in Kidderminster - live blog

West Mercia Police superintendent Kevin Purcell has told Shuttle reporter Becky Carr the Health Protection Agency, Environment Agency, Wyre Forest District Council, Worcestershire County Council, West Midlands Ambulance Service, Hereford and Worcester ... [Published Halesowen News - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Recycling, West Mercia Police, Health Protection Agency, Environment Agency

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

Effective winter planning needs more than the flu jab, says HPA

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has endorsed the government's influenza vaccine campaign, saying it provides protection against influenza infection in "at risk" individuals.A recent study by the HPA looked at the role of flu vaccination in reducing ... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Influenza, NHS, Infection, Health Protection Agency

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Swine flu deaths prompt vaccine appeal

In the last six weeks, 10 adults have died after contracting the swine flu virus, which has prompted health chiefs to urge people who are at risk to visit their GP and receive the vaccine.The people who have died after contracting H1N1 swine flu, which ... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Swine Flu, Influenza, Vaccine

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Pregnancy and air travel: new guidelines

(Relaxnews) - New advice from UK experts at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) says air travel during pregnancy, even at advanced stages of pregnancy, isn’t risky to mom or her baby.In a revised paper, the RCOG says the main ... [Published My Sinchew - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Pregnancy, Aviation, Ian Greer, guidelines

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Green group loses appeal on toxic waste site

AN environmental group from Bishop's Cleeve hoping to close a toxic waste site near their village had their appeal defeated yesterday.Safety in Waste and Rubbish Disposal (Sward) lost its fourth appeal for a judicial review in the High Court regarding ... [Published This is Gloucestershire - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Health Protection Agency, Environment Agency, Recycling

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Make HIV tests more available, government urged

HIV tests must be easily accessible in "GPs surgeries and other community settings" as a means of combating the rising number of people who do not know they have the disease, according to a group of experts.The coalition sent a letter to the government ... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Public Health, World AIDS Day, Health Protection Agency

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Faster HIV tests

WHIPPS Cross Hospital has started rapid HIV tests after figures revealed the infection rate was four times higher than the national average in Waltham Forest.The hospital’s is now offering an HIV test service at walk-in sessions, as well as existing routine ... [Published Walthamstow Today - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Infection, HIV Test

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Measles cases increase blamed on slump in MMR vaccinations

A sharp rise in the number of measles cases has been blamed on the slow uptake of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.According to figures issued by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), measles cases rose by more than a third in 2008. In England ... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Measles, MMR Vaccine, Vaccine

Quotes

In a Commons written reply, Ms Primarolo told Tory health spokesman Mike Penning: "The potential exposure of a large number of unprotected children to the measles virus means that there is a real risk of a large measles epidemic."

Measles epidemic threat prompts jab catchup plan [Published Management in Practice - 55 mins ago]

"Yes, WE are clear – shame the PCT/OOH/NHS Direct and media are not clear about what to do. I am fed up getting the backlash at the surgery for patients being sent round the houses and being given conflicting advice – it's then dumped back with us to sort. Give us local funding to see/treat/sort our own patients pleaseeeeeee" – Name and address withheld

Schoolgirl sparks swine-flu chaos and walk-in panic [Published Management in Practice - Jun 18 2013]

...earlier, before substantive resistance was established, because there are no obvious reserve antibiotics to replace the cephalosporins, raising "the real possibility that gonorrhoea could become difficult to treat or untreatable"

Gonorrhoea guidance change preserves antibiotics [Published PJ Online - Jun 17 2013]

"However," a press statement from the agency says, "this does not negate the need for influenza vaccine, as other studies that were specifically designed to address this question show demonstrable benefits in reducing both infection and subsequent morbidity and mortality in the elderly, particularly in a season where the vaccine is well-matched and there is high viral circulation."

Effective winter planning needs more than the flu jab, says HPA [Published Management in Practice - Jun 15 2013]

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Measles epidemic threat prompts jab catchup plan [Published Management in Practice - 55 mins ago]
Schoolgirl sparks swine-flu chaos and walk-in p... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 18 2013]
Health Protection Agency warns of viral fever i... [Published Minivan News - Jun 18 2013]
Gonorrhoea guidance change preserves antibiotics [Published PJ Online - Jun 17 2013]
Fire at Lawrence Recycling in Kidderminster - l... [Published Halesowen News - Jun 17 2013]
Rapid spread of viral fever in Male: HPA [Published Haveeru Daily Online - Jun 16 2013]
Effective winter planning needs more than the f... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 15 2013]
Researchers from Health Protection Agency Discu... [Published NewsRX - Jun 15 2013]
Reports on HIV/AIDS Findings from Health Protec... [Published NewsRX - Jun 15 2013]
Experts predict big rise in TB cases and slam g... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 15 2013]
Pregnancy and air travel: new guidelines [Published My Sinchew - Jun 15 2013]
Thousands at risk of illness from unsafe milk [Published This is Devon - Jun 15 2013]
Green group loses appeal on toxic waste site [Published This is Gloucestershire - Jun 15 2013]
Alert over milk from shut-down Devon dairy [Published This is Devon - Jun 15 2013]
Make HIV tests more available, government urged [Published Management in Practice - Jun 14 2013]
Swine flu deaths prompt vaccine appeal [Published Management in Practice - Jun 14 2013]
Faster HIV tests [Published Walthamstow Today - Jun 14 2013]
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Steiner community identified as 'high risk' pop... [Published Stroud News and Journal - Jun 12 2013]
Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Rises In Great Britain [Published NPR - Jun 11 2013]
GPs given warning over missing Lyme disease dia... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 11 2013]
Routine HIV tests "cost effective" [Published Management in Practice - Jun 11 2013]
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New swine flu cases around London bring UK tota... [Published Management in Practice - Jun 10 2013]
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Blogs

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Parliamentary Answers – to 21st May 2013 [Published Think Defence - May 26 2013] This is a regular round up of Parliamentary questions and answers from ministers relevant to defence issues. In addition to oral questions, MPs and Peers can ask government ministers questions for written answer. These are often used to obtain detailed ...
Robyn Urback: Former Microsoft Canada head join... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 16 2013] Concerned parents touting brochures about the dangers of wireless routers found an ally last week in former Microsoft Canada president Frank Clegg. Clegg, who worked at Microsoft for 14 years before leaving to launch Citizens 4 Safe Technology (C4ST), ...
'MERS' makes its debut in a scientific journal [Published H5N1 - May 16 2013] Via ScienceInsider, a May 15 report by Martin Enserink: 'MERS' Makes Its Debut in a Scientific Journal. Excerpt:A group of coronavirus experts has published its proposal to name a new, deadly virus after the Middle East, the region where it originates. In ...
Climate changes could bring malaria to the UK [Published H5N1 - May 05 2013] Via The Observer: Climate changes could bring malaria to the UK. Excerpt:Leading health experts are urging the government to take action against the growing threat that mosquito-borne diseases, including potentially fatal malaria, could soon arrive in ...
The MMR - a Reply to Some Critics [Published Mail Online - Peter Hitchens - Apr 17 2013] I reproduce below a long (and rather snappish) attack on me, published a by Michael Ward, a person I’ve never met (but who seems to dislike my views on illegal drugs) and much-posted on Twitter. I am responding to it because the ‘Times’ columnist and ...